Jian Huaizhen groaned: "Listening to what you say, this matter may indeed be inseparable from Qianhong Mansion. Seeing Shen disappeared in Qianhong Mansion, and it is not a way to start an investigation from Qianhong Mansion. ”

Jiang Shaoheng thought deeply and said: "In this case, I will send a book to Lan Jing and ask her to send someone to investigate the details of Qianhong Courtyard." ”

Jian Huaizhen said with a smile: "It's that I haven't seen Lan Jing for some days, and I don't know if she's doing well." ”

Jiang Shaoheng also said with a smile: "After Lan Jing handed over the candle shadow to the shocking dye, he lived in seclusion in Qixia Mountain, and two or three years have passed unconsciously. I thought that her temperament would not be able to sit still, but she never thought that she had been cultivating for so many years. ”

Jian Huaizhen smiled, but he just smiled and said nothing. Lan Jing liked Jiang Shaoheng at the beginning, and because of Jiang Shaoheng, she accompanied him in Huaiming Garden for decades. However, in Jiang Shaoheng's heart, there was still only Jian Huaizhen alone.

Lan Jing was jealous of Jian Huaizhen for a while, and even wanted to harm her. Then, after the relativity, Lan Jing's hostility towards Jian Huaizhen was slowly canceled. After Shangguan Mingfeng's death, Jian Huaizhen entrusted the candle shadow to Lan Jing to take charge. In the early days of Lan Jing's tenure as the Lord of the Candle Shadow Shaking Red Palace, she had done a lot of wrong things. Later, Jian Huaizhen not only ignored his previous suspicions, but also tried his best to remedy Lan Jing. Lan Jing was finally convinced by Jian Huaizhen from the bottom of her heart, and also understood that Jiang Shaoheng would always have only Jian Huaizhen in his heart, and he could no longer tolerate anything else, so he was dead to Jiang Shaoheng from then on, and took care of the candle shadow wholeheartedly.

Under Lan Jing's care, over the years, the candle shadow has become more and more prosperous. Until three years ago, the rivers and lakes and the court tended to be calm, and Fang Xiao's female disciple Tang Jingran also learned something, Lan Jing entrusted the candle shadow to Tang Jingran, and she lived in seclusion in Qixia Mountain to be a female crown.

Now, Tang was injured and recuperating in Nanjing, and investigating the details of Qianhong Courtyard, Jiang Shaoheng naturally asked Lan Jing to go out of the mountain to help.

******

For several days, the capital has been calm. With Jian Huaizhen sitting in the capital, whether it is the people in the court or the people in the rivers and lakes, they dare not act rashly. However, no one knows how many dark tides are raging behind the scenes.

After Lan Jing received Jiang Shaoheng's flying pigeon summons, she immediately sent two people to help Jiang Shaoheng investigate. These two people are the elite of the generation after the candle shadow shakes red, and they are a husband and wife. The man's name is Du Yuhang, twenty-eight years old, a native of Hangzhou, thoughtful and strong in martial arts. The woman's name is Wen Xiaoying, twenty-five years old, a native of Suzhou, with excellent light skills and first-class hidden weapons. The couple has repeatedly made great contributions to the candle shadow, and they have won Lan Jing's trust in the past. After Tang Jingran was in charge of the candle shadow shaking red, they assisted Tang Jingran and made great contributions many times.

After Du Yuhang and Wen Xiaoying received Lan Jing's order, they hurried to the capital and went to Huaiming Garden to meet Jiang Shaoheng.

It happened that Jian Huaizhen was also in Huaiming Garden, and when he saw Du Yuhang and Wen Xiaoying, he asked them about some of the conditions in Nanjing, as well as the injuries of Tang Jingran and Yu Mian, and learned that their injuries had basically healed. After a few days, Fang Yu returned to Beijing with the two, and Jian Huaizhen and Jiang Shaoheng were comforted.

Du Yuhang asked: "The Lord of the Lanjing Palace ordered our husband and wife to rush to the capital, I don't know what the eldest princess and Mrs. Jiang send?" ”

Jiang Shaoheng bowed slightly, and said: "I invited the two of you to come this time, it is indeed something to entrust...... and he told the whole thing roughly.

Wen Xiaoying had been standing beside her, smiling without saying a word, and after hearing Jiang Shaoheng finish speaking, she looked at her husband. Du Yuhang asked: "What does Taifu mean, do you want me and Neiko to go to investigate the details of Qianhong Courtyard and Gu Fenghuang?" ”

"Not bad." Jian Huaizhen said, "Nowadays, there are many traitors in the court, and people's hearts are unpredictable, and it is difficult to distinguish between loyalty and treachery. The main palace can be relied on, only the candle shadow shakes red and the disciples of the confession door. However, the confession door has been in a slump since the death of Jiuzhong, and such an important matter has to rely on the two of them. ”

She spoke in an indifferent tone, Du Yuhang and Wen Xiaoying and his wife were respectful, they knew that Jian Huaizhen was not only the eldest princess of the imperial court, but also the founder of Candle Shadow Shake Red. The candle shadow has been red for three generations, which has nothing to do with her.

Du Yuhang thought for a while and said, "The eldest princess and Mrs. Jiang have orders, and Neiko and I will do our best." We will now contact the brothers of the capital rudder, and try our best to find out about the affairs of the Qianhong Courtyard. ”

Jian Huaizhen smiled lightly: "Hard work two." ”

"Don't dare." Du Yuhang and Wen Xiaoying both saluted and retreated.

Jian Huaizhen still stared at their backs for a long time, and was a little stunned. Jiang Shaoheng smiled: "Zhen'er, what's wrong? He rarely called her by name.

Jian Huaizhen was slightly stunned, and then smiled: "It's nothing." Looking at them, I thought of the things of my youth. Wen Xiaoying is gentle, Du Yuhang is shrewd, this couple can be described as a match made in heaven. It's always good to be an ordinary person, like us, it's always involuntarily. After speaking, he stopped talking, and there were faint tears in the corners of his eyes.

Jiang Shaoheng has known Jian Huaizhen for decades, the two have lived and died together, born and died, and have never seen her show such a weak side. He was wondering whether to step forward to comfort her, but she had already turned around and smiled, "I was a little distracted for a while, I guess I've been too tired lately." ”

Jiang Shaoheng's heart suddenly coldened, and he didn't know what to say.

*******

After Du Yuhang and Wen Xiaoying received the orders of Jian Huaizhen and Jiang Shaoheng, they immediately contacted the subordinates of the capital rudder and ordered them to investigate the details of the Qianhong Courtyard, and the two of them decided to break into the Qianhong Courtyard to find out.

The night is hazy, and the bustling Jinding Street is slowly calming down, calm like a quiet lake. Only Qianhongyuan, as the night falls, it becomes more and more noisy and lively.

During the day, Qianhongyuan is much quieter. At night, all the girls are full of vitality and welcome them in this green building with red walls and green tiles.

Today's Qianhong Courtyard is particularly lively. In front of the door of Qianhong Courtyard, a group of people gathered on the inner and outer three floors. A man and a woman knelt on the ground, tears in their eyes. The woman looked to be in her twenties, dressed in a vegan body, with a goose egg face, willow eyebrows, and a plain face like a washed sky, elegant and moving. The man looked very rough, with a full beard, and he punched the ground. In front of the two men, there was a man lying on his body, covered with a mat.

"Please, do well, and pay for my uncle's burial." The woman said with a low cry.

The man didn't say a word, his eyebrows were cold, and he could see that he was very anxious.

Kind-hearted girls came up and asked what was going on. The woman said softly: "Our two brothers and sisters were originally from the Huguang clan. When his hometown encountered a famine, he followed his uncle to the capital to make a living. Who knew that a few days ago, when my uncle was performing climbing the ladder, he fell off the rope and was unconscious for more than ten days, and finally ..... went. My brother and sister had no money to bury our uncle, so we had to beg the good Samaritans for help. ”

When the women saw that they were pitiful, they threw them bits and pieces of silver, and the women kept saying "thank you," while the men kept saying nothing.

Soon, the two brothers and sisters recruited the thugs and nurses in the Qianhong Courtyard. The leader was a middle-aged man of thirty-five or sixteen years old, wearing a green pointed hat, and looking very strange.

"Who let you make trouble in Qianhongyuan, are you impatient?" The green-pointed hat glared at the brother and sister and said.

"This uncle, we are also helpless. In the entire Jinding Street, except in front of this Qianhong Courtyard, there is no one anywhere else. But the slave's uncle can't wait......" said the woman in a soft voice.

"I'll take care of you." The green pointed hat said with a sharp voice: "In the entire capital, whoever dares not to give me Ge Lumao face and dare to make trouble in front of the Qianhong Courtyard is to kill himself." As he spoke, he kicked the dead man on the ground hard. The woman cried out as if frightened, crying, "Don't touch your uncle, don't touch your uncle......"

"Is it just a kick? If you don't leave quickly, I'll find someone to throw the three of you dead and alive into the moat to feed the king!" Ge Lumao screamed.

The woman glanced at Ge Lumao a little timidly, and said to the bearded man, "Brother, let's go..... Uncle's matter, let's find a way, the people of Qianhongyuan, we can't afford to be guilty. ”

The bearded man ignored this, he stood up with his fists clenched, and said fiercely: "We are now on Jinding Street. I know that Qianhong Courtyard is amazing, but this is Jinding Street, why don't we let our brothers and sisters here? ”

"Bah, boy, you don't want to live anymore? Dare not to give Grandpa Ge face? Hold it down, little ones, hit me hard, beat me to death, and I won't pay for my life! Dare to delay the business of Qianhong Courtyard, I see that you are really impatient, grandma's! Ge Lumao gave an order, and the guards and thugs behind him, holding sticks in their hands, all hit the bearded man.

The bearded man rolled up his sleeves, stood forward, and the whole person was like an iron man, looking at the way he was zaza, you could see at a glance that he had practiced. Ge Lumao was not afraid of him because of the large number of people, and shouted loudly: "Fight quickly, you won't pay for your life if you die!" ”

The bearded man was not even afraid in the face of a dozen thugs and the nurses, he stretched out his fist and hit it hard. With a whoop, one of the thugs was knocked to the ground. The bearded man also suffered a strong blow. Then, he threw his fist out......

It didn't take long for half of the guards and thugs to be knocked to the ground by the bearded man, and he himself was beaten several times. Ge Lumao can see that this bearded man is not a practitioner, but he relies on a bit of brute strength and a little ruthlessness on his body, so he trembles with the thugs and guards. People's energy is limited, and if he continues to fight like this, sooner or later he will run out of strength.

Sure enough, it didn't take long for the bearded man to lose his physical strength, and the movements in his hands slowed down significantly. The onlookers all stood aside when they saw someone fighting. The girls of Qianhong Courtyard were so frightened that they screamed.

The bearded man was chased by the guards and thugs, so he ran to the Qianhong Courtyard. Later, Ge Lumao led people to chase after him, and for a while the tables and chairs in the hall were knocked to the ground, and some guests and girls were knocked to the ground.

Gu Fenghuang didn't say a word, standing to the side, with a fierce light in his eyes.

When the plain-clothed woman saw her brother being beaten, she panicked, and she didn't care about her uncle on the ground, so she ran into the Qianhong courtyard and cried: "Don't beat my brother, don't beat my brother......" Her appearance was originally elegant and beautiful, but now she is crying, more like a pear blossom with rain, delicate and moving.

Gu Fenghuang's eyes lit up, and he had a plan in his heart. At this time, the bearded man had been pressed to the ground and beaten hard by several people, and he had no power to fight back.

The plain-clothed woman cried very sadly, but there was nothing she could do.

"Alright." Gu Fenghuang stepped forward with Nana, glanced at Ge Lumao and the bearded man with slanted eyes, and sneered, "What's wrong?" ”

"Sister Phoenix, it's this guy who eats the gall of the ambitious leopard, and actually dares to come to Qianhong Courtyard to make trouble. I don't break his legs, how can I explain to Sister Phoenix. When Ge Lumao faced the bearded man, he looked vicious, and turned his face to Gu Fenghuang, but he spoke softly and laughed again and again.

Gu Fenghuang took two steps forward, found a chair and sat down, with an imperceptible chill in his eyes, and said, "What's going on?" As she spoke, her eyes kept on the plain woman.

Only then did the plain-clothed woman understand that Gu Fenghuang was the person in charge of Qianhong Courtyard, so she hurriedly took two steps forward, stumbled to her knees, and cried: "Please, let my brother go, he didn't mean to." Our brother and sister were cornered, so they sold themselves in front of the Qianhong Courtyard to bury their uncle, please let my brother go. You have a lot of them, don't worry about us. ”

Gu Fenghuang took a closer look at the plain-clothed woman, and saw that her skin was fair and delicate, with the grace and softness of a Jiangnan woman, and she liked it quite a lot. On his face, he still showed indifference: "If you let me let you go, I will let you go, will our Qianhong Courtyard still have a status in the capital in the future?" How can I, Gu Fenghuang, manage this Thousand Red Courtyard? ”

"Sister Phoenix, this kid dares to make trouble in our place, I think it's better to kill him and throw him into the moat." Ge Lumao bared his teeth and said triumphantly.

"Bastard!" Gu Fenghuang slapped the table abruptly and stood up, his head trembling, "Our Qianhong Courtyard is a law-abiding place, how can we carry out lynching?" Kill someone, you go to pay for your life? ”

Ge Lumao was frightened by Gu Fenghuang, and didn't dare to say a word, shrinking his neck to figure out what she meant.

Gu Fenghuang glanced at the bearded man and said, "Come on, send this person to the government, and calculate how much silver he needs to compensate for breaking our things today, and inform the government to know." ”

"Yes." When the two men stepped forward, they were about to drag the bearded man out.

"Don't, please don't, please let my brother go, my brother and I are willing to be cattle and horses, please don't send him to the government. People say that the gate of the yamen is open to the south, and there is no reason to come in without money. Life is not as good as an official, and death is not as good as hell. Where is the yamen where we, the poor, enter? What's more, my brother has such a temperament, I'm afraid he will go to the government..... I'm afraid I won't be able to get out. The plain-clothed woman has always been quiet, but now she is really anxious, so she tugged at the corner of Gu Fenghuang's clothes and begged.

Gu Fenghuang's face added a touch of pity, and she sighed and said: "Alas, you and I are both women, and you don't want to say that I, Gu Fenghuang, am a woman who is embarrassed by women." It's just that your brother is making trouble in this Thousand Red Courtyard, how can I do business tonight? What's more, what to do with broken tables, chairs, teacups? ”

"My brother and I can earn money for your work, and the money we earn will compensate you for your losses." The plain-clothed woman said busily, tears in her eyes.

"There is no shortage of workers in my Qianhong Courtyard. Well, if you really want to pay compensation, you can be a girl with me. In the future, follow Sister Phoenix, eat and drink spicy, how about it? Your brother can also be a nursing home with me, so that you brothers and sisters don't have to live on the streets. As for your uncle, I can also pay for your burial. Gu Fenghuang looked at the plain-clothed woman eagerly and persuaded her.

The plain-clothed woman's complexion turned red in an instant. She looked at Gu Fenghuang, then at her brother who was being twisted on the side, and finally nodded slowly and said, "Everything is arranged by Sister Phoenix." ”

"Good! Good girl! From now on, you are a person in our Thousand Red Courtyard, and your business is my business. Ladies and gentlemen, this girl is willing to join our Qianhong Academy, I, Gu Fenghuang, have not forced the second to be strong, and I also ask you to be a witness for me. The girls of Qianhong Mansion are all willing to serve the masters. In the future, you will come often. Gu Fenghuang reversed Fang Cai's coldness, smiled all over his face, and said to the guests in the hall.

Ge Lumao suddenly became shrewd and shouted, "Sister Phoenix is so benevolent and righteous!" At that moment, many people shouted along. Gu Fenghuang shook his head and smiled from ear to ear.

At that moment, she ordered Ge Lumao to release the bearded man, let him take him to treat his injuries, and sent someone to bury the uncle of the brother and sister. The plain woman was grateful to her.

After everything was arranged, Gu Fenghuang took the plain-clothed woman to a room upstairs.

When the two of them sat down, Gu Fenghuang looked at the plain-clothed woman and asked, "Where are you from?" What is your name? ”

The plain-clothed woman said where the people are and said, "The slave family is called Xiangxue, and she is twenty-one years old this year. My brother's name is Fang Zhanpeng, and he is twenty-eight years old. ”

Gu Fenghuang stroked her chin with her palm, as if she was thinking about something, and after thinking about it for a long time, she asked her, "Have you ever married?" ”

When the plain-clothed woman heard this, her face suddenly became sad, and she nodded and said, "Yes." Gu Fenghuang's face suddenly lengthened.

Fang Xiangxue didn't seem to see it, and said in a mournful voice: "When the slave family was a teenager, she was allowed to be a child daughter-in-law to others. The in-laws' family was originally wealthy, and it was a wealthy party. One night, I suddenly encountered bandits. The bandits not only robbed all the property of the in-laws' family, but also killed the whole family. My little husband was only eight years old, and the robbers didn't let him go. ”

Gu Fenghuang's face suddenly bloomed with a flower. It turned out that she did everything possible to scare Fang Xiangxue, just to see that she was beautiful and wanted to include her in the Qianhong Courtyard as an Oiran. But I didn't expect her to say that she was married, so she was naturally unhappy. But after Fang Xiangxue's explanation, Gu Fenghuang understood that she was still unbroken. melon, naturally, has blue eyes for her.

"Xiangxue, you listen to Sister Phoenix. We often have a hard life as women, so as long as we can be happy, it is better than anything else. As long as you are willing to listen to me, you will be guaranteed to have everything in the future. What's more, you are so good-looking, and you have an innate elegant temperament, sooner or later you will become the Oiran of our Qianhong Courtyard. Gu Fenghuang persuaded Fang Xiangxue.

Fang Xiangxue slowly lowered her head, her face flushed, and her voice was like a gnat: "I listen to Sister Phoenix for everything." Sister Phoenix asked me to do whatever I wanted. ”

Gu Fenghuang looked at her and smiled, as if he had picked up a treasure.

Fang Xiangxue sat quietly, with a simple and elegant temperament, like a graceful and elegant white lotus. She was so quiet, so gentle, just like when she met Jian Huaizhen and Jiang Shaoheng in Huaiming Garden.

She, Fang Xiangxue, is Wen Xiaoying from Nanjing.

And the bearded man Fang Zhanpeng was dressed up by her husband Du Yuhang.

As for the dead people lying on the ground, their uncle was just a brother in the candle shadow shaking red, who faked his death after taking the turtle breath slip.

Du Yuhang and Wen Xiaoying and his wife, who were so deliberately mixed into the Qianhong Courtyard, were just trying to find out about Gu Fenghuang and the Qianhong Courtyard. But Gu Fenghuang never dreamed that she was still complacent about picking up the beauty of Fang Xiangxue.